The Adjectival Phrase

-is a phrase whose head word is an adjctive, e.g. fond of steak,

The girl is beautiful.

The nearby motel offers cheap but comfortable rooms.

These are unbelievably expensive shoes.

Sarah was fairly bored with you.

- The extremely tired lioness is losing patience with her overly enthusiastic cub.

- My mother was fairly unhappy with the service.

- Her baking always smells very tempting.

- The consequences of agreeing were far too serious.

- The dog covered in mud looked pleased with himself.

1. Classification

Formally:

a. Simple

b. Compound

c. Derivative

a. Nouns

b. Verbs

c. Other adjectives

d. Parasynthetic coumpounds: good-looking

According to meaning:

a. Qualitative

b. Relative

Usage:

a. Attributive: The beautifully carved frames are worth more than the painting.The frames beautifully carved by monks are worth more than the painting.

b. Predicative: The curtains look far too long.The frames were beautifully carved by monks.

2. Comparison - Three degrees

o Positive

o Comparative

o Superlative

2.1. Synthetical comparison

2.1.1. Monosyllabic adjectives

2.1.2. Disyllabic adjectives

2.2. Analytical comparison

2.3. Notes!!!

2.3.1. Some disyllabic adjectives

2.3.2. Most

2.3.3. Comparison of inferiority

2.3.4. Minor, major, inferior, superior

3. Modification

3.1. Premodifiers

3.1.1. Adverbs

3.1.1.1. Positives

3.1.1.2. Comparatives

3.1.1.3. superlatives

3.1.2. Nouns

3.1.3. Other adjectives

3.1.4. that

3.2. Postmodifiers

3.2.1. Adverb enough

3.2.2. Possible, imaginable…

3.2.3. Prepositional phrase

3.2.3.1. Preposition govern a NP, gerund, or clause (intro what)

3.2.3.2. Comparison of three or more people

3.2.3.3. Junior, senior, inferior, superior, proior, anterior, posterior to+ NP

3.2.4. As+NP/clause

3.2.5. Than+NP/clause

3.2.6. Clauses

4. Tree diagram